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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to makes Ponyboy nervous as he is leaving the movies?

2. Why doesn't Dally want Johnny to go to jail?

3. What is the name of the grown-up who is at the fire?

4. Dally tries to comfort Johnny by telling him that he doesn't need _____________.

5. After the fight in the park, where does Dally suggest that Ponyboy and Johnny to go to hide?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dally approach the Soc girls at the drive-in?

2. What happens when Cherry and Marcia's boyfriends show up as they are walking from the drive-in with the greasers?

3. Why does Cherry act as a spy for the greasers?

4. Describe the differences in how Ponyboy's two brothers treat him.

5. In Chapter 1, what does Ponyboy see as differences between him and his peers?

6. What happens when Ponyboy comes home late in Chapter 3?

7. What does Ponyboy tell Cherry and the others about Darry as they are walking to Two-Bit's house?

8. What does Dally do when Johnny asks if his parents are worried about him?

9. What news does Dally give Ponyboy and Johnny when he comes to see them at the church?

10. Explain how Johnny speaks up to the older boys at the drive-in.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of social and/or class division in the novel. Is the rivalry senseless? What motivates the rivalry between groups?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Ponyboy's sensitivity with the attitudes of those around him. What characters are completely opposite in that they are tough and/or desensitized to their situations? How does Ponyboy's sensitivity help or hurt him throughout the story? How does it make him easier/more difficult for readers to relate to?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationships between the Curtis brothers. What is Ponyboy's relationship with Darry like? With Soda? How do these relationships change throughout the novel? What events change these relationships, and how?

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